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Advances in Architectural Geometry will be held from September 18 to 21, 2014  in London, United Kingdom.

Workshops

Attendees of the workshops meet at the Gower street entrance of the Cruciform building (link to map).
Assembly at 8:30 am on Saturday, 20 September 2014.
Route links from: Euston Station, Euston Square Station, Warren Street Station.
For other locations, please use UCL route finder.

Cruciform Building, UCL

Conference

The conference (Sept. 18-19 2014) will be at University College London.

Address: University College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

Directions

Euston Station to Lower Refectory, UCL

1. Exit Euston Station and head towards Euston Road.

2. Cross Euston Road and head right

3. Take a left at Gordon Street

4. Take a right through the gate after the Bloomsbury Building (currently being refurbished)

5. Immediately take a right, then immediately left

6. The Lower Refectory is on your right

Euston Square Station to Lower Refectory, UCL

1. Take the Gower Street exit of Euston Square Station (not North Gower street)

2. Walk along Gower Street towards the UCL Main Quad

3. Enter the main quad on your left

4. Enter the South Cloisters through the door in the back right corner

5. Immediately after entering, walk through and take the stairs down

6. Go through the doors facing the stairs on the right and follow the corridor to outside

7. Follow the path around the corner, the Lower Refectory is on your left

Euston Station to Senate House

1. Exit Euston Station and head towards Euston Road.

2. Cross Euston Road and head right

3. Take a left at Gordon Street

4. Continue on Gordon Square

5. Take a left at Byng Place, going onto Torrington Place

6. Take a left on Malet Street and go straight ahead

7. Senate House is on your left just before Montague Place

Euston Square Station to Senate House

1. Take the Gower Street exit of Euston Square Station (not North Gower street)

2. Walk along Gower Street

3. Take a left at Montague Place

4. Take a left at Malet Street

5. Senate House is on your right

Russell Square Station to Senate House

1. From Russell Square Station cross Russell Square gardens diagonally, through the park

2. Walk to the right along the edge of Russell Square and take a left at Montague Place

3. Take a right at Malet Street

4. Senate House is on your right

Euston Station to Christopher Ingold XLG2 Auditorium, UCL

1. Exit Euston Station and head towards Euston Road.

2. Cross Euston Road and head right

3. Take a left at Gordon Street

4. The Christopher Ingold building is on your left

5. Follow signs to the XLG2 Auditorium

Euston Square Station to Christopher Ingold XLG2 Auditorium, UCL

1. Take the Gower Street exit of Euston Square Station (not North Gower street)

2. Walk along Gower Street in the direction of Euston Station

3. Take a right at Gordon Street

4. The Christopher Ingold building is on your left

5. Follow signs to the XLG2 Auditorium

Christopher Ingold Building to Medical Sciences AV Hill LT

1. Cross Gordon Street and enter campus through the gates left of the Bloomsbury Building.

2. Head through to the Print Room Cafe

3. The Medical Sciences building is opposite the Print Room Cafe

4. Follow signs to the AV Hill lecture theatre

Christopher Ingold Building to Anatomy JZ Young LT

1. Cross Gordon Street and enter campus through the gates left of the Bloomsbury Building.

2. Head through to the Print Room Cafe

3. Head under the arch and through the tunnel opposite the Print Room Cafe onto Malet Place
and immediately head right

4. You will walk straight into the Anatomy Building

5. Follow signs to the JZ Young lecture theatre

Medical Sciences to Senate House

1. Head out of the building towards the South Junction

2. Head under the arch and through the tunnel opposite the Print Room Cafe onto Malet Place

3. Exit Malet Place through the gate

4. Cross Torrington Place onto Malet Street

5. Walk along Malet Street

6. Senate House is on your left, just before Montague Place

Anatomy to Senate House

1. Head out of the building and walk straight ahead towards Malet Place

2. Take a right on Malet Place

3. Exit Malet Place through the gate

4. Cross Torrington Place onto Malet Street

5. Walk along Malet Street

6. Senate House is on your left, just before Montague Place

Senate House to Christopher Ingold XLG2 Auditorium

1. Walk along Malet Street towards Torrington Place

2. Take a right onto Byng Place

3. Immediately take a left onto Gordon Square

4. Continue on Gordon Street

5. The Christopher Ingold building is on your right

6. Follow signs to the XLG2 Auditorium

Scientific Co-Chairs

Philippe Block, ETH Zürich, Jan Knippers, Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering, Wenping Wang, Univ. Hong Kong

Workshop Chair

Alexander Schiftner, Evolute

Conference Chair, Local Organisation

Niloy Mitra, University College London

To contact any of this people, please write to: aag2014[at]architecturalgeometry.org

Scientific Committee

Robert Aish, Ergun Akleman (Texas A&M), Niccolo Baldassini (RFR, Paris), Olivier Baverel (ENPC), Philippe Block (ETH Zürich), Alexander Bobenko (TU Berlin), Philippe Bompas (RFR), Tobias Bonwetsch (ETH Zürich), Maurizio Brocato (ENSA), Cristiano Ceccato (Zaha Hadid), Christian Derix (AEDAS R&D), Michael Eigensatz (Evolute), Gregory Epps (Robofold), Thiemo Fildhuth (Univ. Stuttgart), Philip Fu (Nanyang Technological University), Yan Gao (Univ. of Hong Kong), Florian Gauss (Werner Sobek), Christoph Gengnagel (UdK Berlin), David Gerber (Univ. of Southern California / Gehry Technologies), Lars Hesselgren (PLP Architecture), Michael Hofer (Univ. Wien), Francois Jouve (Inria), Axel Kilian (Princeton Univ.), Martin Kilian (TU Wien & Evolute), Jan Knippers (Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering), Branko Kolarevic (Univ. of Calgary), Toni Kotnik (ETH Zürich), Lorenz Lachauer (ETH Zürich), Ian Liddell (Buro Happold), Julian Lienhard (Univ. Stuttgart), Yang Liu (Microsoft Research Asia), Daniel Lordick (TU Dresden), Achim Menges (Univ. Stuttgart), Niloy Mitra (University College London), Philippe Morel (ENSA), Tobias Nolte (Gehry Technologies), Daniele Panozzo (ETH Zürich), Mark Pauly (EPFL Lausanne), Helmut Pottmann (KAUST & TU Wien), Jacques Raynaud (RFR, Paris), Jenny Sabin (Univ. Pennsylvania), Jaime Sanchez-Alvarez (Lindner Steel & Glass), Fabian Scheurer (designtoproduction), Alexander Schiftner (Evolute, Vienna), Tobias Schwinn (Univ. Stuttgart), Alla Sheffer (Univ. British Columbia), Paul Shepherd (Univ. Bath), Martin Tamke (Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen), Christian Troche (BRT Engineering), Maria Voyatzaki (Aristotle Univ. Thessaloniki), Johannes Wallner (TU Graz), Wenping Wang (Univ. Hong Kong), Robert Roithmayr (TensileEvolution, Vienna Konstanz Los Angeles), Yves Weinand (EPFL), Emily Whiting (ETH Zürich), Chris JK Williams (Univ. Bath), Peter Wonka (KAUST and ASU), Rene Ziegler (Waagner Biro)

Venues are displayed in blue

Directions to and in between venues can be found here

September 17

17:00-19:00 Welcome reception, Lower Refectory, UCL

September 18

Senate House, University of London

8:00-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:15 Opening

9:20-10:20 Keynote 1 – Cristiano Ceccato (session chair: Jan Knippers, Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering)

10:45-12:30 Paper session 1 (session chair: Helmut Pottmann, TU Vienna and KAUST)

Simulation of Aggregate Structures in Architecture: Distinct-Element Modeling of Synthetic Non-Convex Granulates
Karola Dierichs and Achim Menges

Post-tensioned Discrete Concrete Elements Developed For Free-form Construction
Ole Egholm Pedersen, Niels Martin Larsen and David Pigram

Modular Fibrous Morphologies: Computational Design, Simulation and Fabrication of Differentiated Fibre Composite Building Components
Stefana Parascho, Moritz Dörstelmann, Marshall Prado, Achim Menges and Jan Knippers

Application-of-reinforced-structural-glass-elements-in-architecture
Philipp Eversmann, Paul Ehret, Christian Louter and Manuel Santarsiero

Gaudi’s Puffy Jacket: A Method for the Implementation of Fabric Slump Casting in the Construction of Thin-Shell Funicular Vault Structures
Iain Maxwell and David Pigram

14:00-15:00 Keynote 2 – Mark Pauly (session chair: Wenping Wang, Univ. Hong Kong)

15:30-17:00 Paper session 2 (session chair: Lars Hesselgren, PLP Architecture)

New opportunities to optimize structural designs in metal by using Additive Manufacturing
Salomé Galjaard, Sander Hofman and Shibo Ren

Interactive Modeling of Architectural Freeform Structures – Combining Geometry with Fabrication and Statics
Caigui Jiang, Chengcheng Tang, Marko Tomicic, Johannes Wallner and Helmut Pottmann

Computational Integration of Robotic Fabrication, Architectural Geometry and Structural Design for Biomimetic Lightweight Timber Plate Shells
Oliver David Krieg, Tobias Schwinn, Achim Menges, Jian-Min Li, Jan Knippers, Annette Schmitt and Volker Schwieger

Form finding of twisted interlaced structures: a hybrid approach
Seyed Sina Nabaei, Olivier Baverel and Yves Weinand

17:20-18:30 Paper session 3 (session chair: Rene Ziegler, Waagner Biro)

A Graph-based Approach for Discovery of Stable Deconstruction Sequences
Lukas Beyeler, Jean-Charles Bazin and Emily Whiting

Advanced Topology Optimization Methods for Conceptual Architectural Design
Niels Aage, Oded Amir, Anders Clausen, Lior Hadar, Dana Maier and Asbjørn Søndergaard

Computational Design and Construction of Notch-free Reciprocal Frame Structures
Nicolas Mellado, Philip Chi-Wing Fu, Peng Song, Xiaoqi Yan and Niloy Mitra

September 19

8:30-9:00 Registration, Christopher Ingold XLG2 Auditorium, UCL

9:00-10:00 Keynote 3 – Berok Khoshnevis (session chair: Philippe Block, ETH Zürich)

10:25-12:00 Parallel paper sessions 4A and 4B

Session A – Medical Sciences AV Hill LT, UCL
(session chair: Sean Hanna, The Bartlett, UCL)

Surface panelization using periodic conformal maps
Thilo Rörig, Stefan Sechelmann, Agata Kycia and Moritz Fleischmann

Geometrical solution space for grid structure with double-walled edge
Raul Kalvo and Andres Sevtsuk

Designing Symmetric Derivatives of the Miura-ori
Pooya Sareh and Simon D Guest

LAR-ABC, a representation of architectural geometry From concept of spaces, to design of building fabric, to construction simulation
Alberto Paoluzzi, Enrico Marino and Federico Spini

Session B – Anatomy JZ Young LT, UCL
(session chair: Francis Aish, Foster and Partners)

Algorithmic optimization of the cross-section distribution across a steel framework structure
Lucas Lombard, Jérôme Lalande and François Consigny

Planar Panelisation with Extreme Repetition
Mathieu Huard, Michael Eigensatz and Philippe Bompas

Interlocking Folded Plate – Integrated Mechanical Attachment for Structural Timber Panels
Christopher Robeller, Andrea Stitic, Paul Mayencourt and Yves Weinand

Offset Folding
Alexander Stahr and Hannes Loeschke

12:00-14:30 Posters + lunch – Senate House, University of London

14:30-15:30 Keynote 4 – Daniel Bosia (session chair: Alexander Schiftner, Evolute) – Christopher Ingold XLG2 Auditorium, UCL

16:00-17:30 Paper session 5 (session chair: Robert Aish, UCL)

The Ongreening Pavilion
John Harding, Will Pearson, Harri Lewis and Stephen Melville

The Caterpillar Gallery: Quadric Surface Theorems, Parametric Design and Digital Fabrication
Roberto Narvaez-Rodriguez, Andres Martin-Pastor and Maria Aguilar-Alejandre

Constructing Complex Geometries: A Case Study on the Cité des Civilisations du Vin in Bordeaux, France
Benjamin Soquier, Raphael Mizzi, Daphne Dureisseix and Jean-Baptiste Valette

The Geometry of the Error
Yota Adilenidou

17:30-17:45 Closing – Christopher Ingold XLG2 Auditorium, UCL

The accepted papers will be contained in the conference volume Advances in Architectural Geometry 2014 to be published by Springer Verlag. A copy of the book is included in the conference registration and will also be available in bookshops from September 2014.

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Proceedings AAG 2012

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Proceedings AAG 2010

Table of Contents of AAG2010 Proceedings Volume:

The Master-Builder-Geometer (C. Ceccato), pp. 9-14
Interpreting Physical Sketches as Architectural Models (B. Cutler, J. Nasman), pp. 15-35
Lamella Flock (M. Tamke, J. Riiber, H. Jungjohann et al.), pp. 37-48
Case Studies in Cost-Optimized Paneling of Architectural Freeform Surfaces (M. Eigensatz, M. Deuss et al.), pp. 49-72
Tiling Freeform Shapes With Straight Panels: Algorithmic Methods (J. Wallner, A. Schiftner et al.), pp. 73-86
Freeform Rigid-Foldable Structure Using Bidirectionally Flat-Foldable Planar Quadrilateral Mesh (T. Tachi), pp. 87-102
The Sphere Project – Negotiate Geometrical Representations From Design to Production (K. Bollinger, M. Grohmann, O. Tessmann), pp. 103-111
Towards Teaching Generative Design in Architecture (I. Bentscheff, C. Gengnagel), pp. 113-128
Architectural Acoustics for Practioners (W. Bergeron-Mirsky, J. Lim et al.), pp. 129-136
Wiggled Brick Bond (R. Bärtschi, M. Knauss et al.), pp. 137-147
Geometric Methods and Computational Mechanics for the design of Stone Domes Based on Abeille’s Bond (M. Brocato, L. Mondardini), pp. 149-162
Louvre Abu Dhabi 1/33 — Fabrication of a Large-Scale Physical Light-Test Model (B. S. Koren), pp. 163-174
Ortho-Pictures: 3D Objects From Independent 2D Data Sets (G. Elber), pp. 175-192
Geometry of Structural Form (L. Lachauer, T. Kotnik), pp. 193-203
Realizing Formal and Funcional Complexity for Structurally Dynamic Systems in Rapid Computational Means (S. Ahlquist, A. Menges), pp. 205-220
Statics-Sensitive Layout of Planar Quadrilateral Meshes (A. Schiftner, J. Balzer), pp. 221-236

Register for workshops independently from conference

Registration for AAG2014 is still possible

Final schedule for main conference

List of accepted papers and workshops for AAG2014

Advances in Architectural Geometry 2014

Geometry lies at the core of the architectural design process. It is omnipresent, from the initial form-finding stages to the final construction. Modern geometric computing provides a variety of tools for the efficient design, analysis, and manufacturing of complex shapes. On the one hand this opens up new horizons for architecture. On the other hand, the architectural context also poses new problems to geometry. Around these problems the research area of architectural geometry has emerged. It is located at the common border of applied geometry and architecture.

Advances in Architectural Geometry / AAG is a symposium where both theoretical and practical work linked to new geometrical developments is presented. This symposium aims to gather the diverse components of the contemporary architectural tendencies which push the building envelope towards free form and respond to the multiple current design challenges. It involves architects, engineers, mathematicians, software designers and contractors. We aim at connecting researchers from architectural and engineering practices, academia and industry. AAG has become a reference in the professional field and is supported by the direct participation of the most renowned architectural design and engineering offices along with academic laboratories.

The current edition, the fourth, will be held in London from the 18th to 21st of September 2014. 

Conference: September 18-19, 2014

Workshops: September 20-21, 2014

The event consists of two days of presentations of accepted papers, followed by two days of hands-on workshops, allowing participants, teachers, students and professionals to learn and experiment with new technologies and practices reflected in the themes tackled during the symposium.

[Link to the 2008 conference]             [Link to the 2010 conference]             [Link to the 2012 conference]